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FEATURE SUBSTITUTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Cartography
DEF

[A replacement of one or more feature in which] one feature instance is replaced by another feature instance of the same or different feature type.

OBS

Example: An instance of feature type "building" is razed and replaced by an instance of feature type "parking lot".

OBS

feature: an abstraction of real world phenomena.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Cartographie
DEF

Remplacement d'une ou de plusieurs entités où l'occurence de l'entité est remplacé par une autre occurence d'un même type ou d'un type différent.

OBS

Par exemple, «Québec» est une occurence de l'entité «municipalité».

OBS

entité : [dans le domaine de la géomatique, désigne la] composante d’un modèle conceptuel de données qui représente un phénomène.

Spanish

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